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"ref": "1982 August 23, Robert Pear, “Getting tougher on work rules for food stamps”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-09",
"text": "Mr. Hayakawa said there was \"a class of able-bodied persons who would rather collect public assistance than take jobs\". . . . Cutting off food stamp benefits to these people, he said, would remove a disincentive to work, \"close off one of the doors into the welfare trap.\"",
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"A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase."
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"(chiefly US) A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase."
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"word": "unemployment trap"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "arbejdsløshedsfælde"
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"sense": "situation",
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"word": "werkloosheidsval"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "situation",
"word": "kannustinloukku"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "trappe à inactivité"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Arbeitslosigkeitsfalle"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "situation",
"word": "מלכודת הרווחה"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trappola della disoccupazione"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "armadilha do desemprego"
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"sense": "situation",
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"feminine"
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"word": "trampa del desempleo"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "situation",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "arbetslöshetsfälla"
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"(chiefly US) A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase."
],
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"sense": "situation",
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"word": "arbejdsløshedsfælde"
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"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "werkloosheidsval"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "situation",
"word": "kannustinloukku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trappe à inactivité"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Arbeitslosigkeitsfalle"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "situation",
"word": "מלכודת הרווחה"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trappola della disoccupazione"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "armadilha do desemprego"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "situation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trampa del desempleo"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "situation",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "arbetslöshetsfälla"
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"word": "welfare trap"
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